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Re: Collocation Access

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Thu Dec 28 15:56:44 2006

Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:55:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: Daniel Golding <dgolding@t1r.com>
Cc: nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <A6411D37-B74B-4253-A129-BEE510E3DFC0@t1r.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu




On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Daniel Golding wrote:
> Time for a colocation reality check. Why would facilities need to have tight 
> security? Lets count off the reasons...

Don't forget the biggie.  These are "shared use facilities."  People who 
buy space in collocation facilities already have lower security 
requirements.  The only thing keeping the "bad guys" out is whether
their payment clears.

Security by poverty?


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